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Letters Patent No. 69,539, dated October 8, 1867.

PAPER-FILE.

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'10 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS BHLE, of Newark, Essex county, New Jersey, halve invented a. new and useful File forl holding newspapers; and l do declare that 4the following is a. full and exact description thereof, reference being had' to the annexed drawings, and the letters marked thereon.

The back ofthe le, with handle at one end, is shown at a, and may be made of wood or any suitable material. It has pins set in its foce. The clamp b can be made of' metal, and is provided, where it comes in Contact with the newspapers, with s slot or holes opposite each pin, so that the newspapers will be held partly by the passing of the pins through the paper into the slot or holes, and partly by the pressure of the clamp b against the beck of the ille. This clamp is secured to the back, and' the pressure produced upon the enclosed papers by@ spring, c, at one end ofthe back a, and a. tapered bolt, d, et the handle end of the backa. This spring c is contained in a, socket, ve, fastened to the back a, and presses tightly upon the point of the clamp b. The bolt d cenbe operated by any'suituble means, es a screw, shown a g. This screw is entirely concealed in the handle It, andv is reached to lock or unlock the file by separating the halves of the handle, which is made with a. screwjoint, at the middle.

By the arrangements above mentioned this le will adjust itself, when looked, to the thickness of the papers zin it, holding them tightly, whatever their number, and in such a. position that the numbers of the pageswill follow one another correctly, like the leaves of a book.

Figure l is u view of the whole file connected.

Figure 2 is a view ofthe clamp bhdetaehed.

Claim. 1 claim the paper-file, described lehov'e, consisting ofthe back a with pins set in its face, and clamp b with a slot or holes to receive said pins; said clamp being held at one end by the spring c, or its equivalent, and at the other end by a. tapering bolt, which, by its taper, adjusts itself to the thickness 'of the papers enclosed, und holds -the clamp tightly upon them,

FRANCIS BHLE.

Witnesses 2 ANTON Nom., FRANZ WAssEL. 

